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Roger Bigger's avatar

Let me get this right, these red states are allowed to keep revenue made by taking resources from FEDERAL LANDS? Meanwhile, blue state pay more into the US treasury than red states? For all their talk of “rugged individualism” these red states don’t mind living off the largess of the hard working blue states. I realize this is off topic from the critical over heating of the planet issue, but I think that the vast overreach of red states is at the root of a number of our current problems.

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A very conservative colleague posted a stilted article against Biden because the oil industry is suffering and gas prices are so high because of Biden, on and on. I replied so maybe the government should quit subsidizing oil companies. Our tax dollars go to support them and they gouge us at the pump. That doesn’t seem right. No response.

Another conservative friend said we’re just going through natural cycle, the Earth does this. So the Earth pulled oil out of the ground, turned it into plastic, and threw it into the ocean the size of Texas and ten miles deep? His wife said I caused him to have a stroke. I didn’t know I was that powerful! Get dumpty on the phone!

The writing is not just on the walls, it’s everywhere. If it’s this bad we may already be too late. It will be hard to change but even harder to find a new planet. Or to become extinct!

Thank you, Heather! Appreciate your insight and continuing the conversations we need to have.

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